# noite
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* note, noute, nuite

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Portuguese noite and Spanish noche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnojte/ [ˈnoj.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ojte

### Noun

noite f (plural noites)
* night; period of dark, when the sun is below the horizon
    Antonym: día

#### Derived terms

* á noite
* boas noites
* esta noite
* medianoite
* noite e día
* noite pecha
* noitiña
* onte á noite

#### Related terms

* onte

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “noyte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “noyte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “noite”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “noite”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “noite”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* noute

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Old Spanish noche and Mozarabic نخت (nuxti).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnoj.te/

### Noun

noite f (plural noites)
* night
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 84 (facsimile):
    u ides aſſi marido de noite come ladron.
       Where do you go like that at night like a thief, husband?

#### Antonyms

* dia

#### Descendants

* Fala: noiti
* Galician: noite, note, noute, nuite
* Portuguese: noite, noute (dated) (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "noite ~ noute"

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* noute (dated)
* noyte (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Galician noite, Spanish noche.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnoj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnoj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈnoj.te/ [ˈnoɪ̯.te]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnoj.tɨ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈnoj.ti/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /ˈnojt͡ʃ/
* Hyphenation: noi‧te
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Noun

noite f (plural noites)
* night (period between sunset and sunrise)
    Antonym: dia
** 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:
    É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.
* nightlife
    Então, vais para a noite? ― Are you going out to the nightlife?
    Synonym: night

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:noite.

#### Derived terms

* da noite para o dia
* meia-noite
* noitada
* noitão
* noite e dia
* noite morta
* noitinha
* trocar a noite pelo dia

#### Related terms

* anoitar
* anoitecer
* nicto-
* nocti-
* noturnal
* noturno

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: noti
* Kabuverdianu: noiti